Hook and eye tape



May 26, 1925.

D. SILBERMAN HOOK AND EYE TAPE Filed Aug. 19. 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR BY MOBNE |May 26, 192s. 1,539,438

D. SILBERMAN HOOK AND EYE TAPE Filed Aug. 19, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 -Mw@ www INVENTOR ATrQRNEY Patented May ze, 192s.

UNITED STATES 1,539,438 PATENT OFFICE.

.DAVID SILBERMAN, F NEW YORK, N.

Hoon AND EYE TAPE' i.

1 Application led August 19, 1924. Serial No. 732,955..

To all who-m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S1LBnRMAN,'a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improveslide rearwardly, in which the bases of the finally rolled up ready for-the mar et.

hooks or eyes are firmly locked t0 the tape so they cannot buckle under strain, which tape can be simply and cheaply produced without an investment for expensive automatic machinery for riveting or slitting, in which manual handling is entirely .eliminated in the rocess of manufacture, the cloth strips being fed to a sewing machine wherein the folds are made, the hooks or eyes fed and aiiixed and the finished roduct A further object is the production of a strong hook and eye ta e from strips of fabric cut from width goo s instead of using the more expensive specially woven selvage edge tape and in which the hooks or eyes are solidly held against displacement in any direction solely by stitching or sewing.

In the drawing Fig. -1 is a lan view of the preferred form of the hoo z vmember of --my improved tape, with a corner turned down; Fig. 2 a like view 4of the eye member; Fig. 3 a plan View of a hook member showing a modified form of stitching around the` hook base; Fig. 4 a like View of a tape with zig-zag stitching; Fig. 5 a like View of a selvage edge tape with a straight line of stitching extending around the hook hase; Fig. 6 a view of a modified form of tape composed of two separate tapes or strips of fabric; Fig. 7 a sectional view of the structure of Figs. 1 and 3 on ,the line 7-7 thereof; Fig. 8 a sectional view of the structure of Fig. 6 on the line 8-8 thereof, and Fig.

- 9 is a sectional view of my improved tape taken through one of the fasteners.

vIn the preferred form of the ,hook meniber shown in Fig. l, which is the cheapest form from a production viewpoint, a strip of fabric 1 is cut from piece goods. This strip is folded to form flaps 2 and 3, the iiap 2 being wider than the flap 3. The Araw edge of the outer flap 2 is folded under at i as shown in Figs-1 and 7 finish the exposed edge. Hooks 5 are spaced along the strip with their bases 6 betweenithe open edges of said flaps anda line'of stitching or sewing 7 is run along near the edge of the flap 2 and passes through the iturned over edged, flap3 and strip 1, serving vto unite the parts. When thence-edle reaches the hooks 5, which have been automatically positioned, the thread passes aroundy the forward part of the base at 8, then jumps over to the central arms at 9. and around them,

then back to the forward part of thebase at 8 and around it, thence running along the edge of the flap to unitethe parts.

In Fig. 2-I have shown the preferred for-m of eye member. The strip of fabric is formed as in the hook member but the line of stitching 10 running along the edge of the flap 2 goes around the forward ends'of the base of the eyes 11 at 12 and 12 and closes the space 13 in the opening at the base of the eye proper so that no pocket is formed. v

As the stitching passes through four thicknesses of fabric and around the hook or eye bases the hooks or eyes are solidly united to the fabric and cannot move o1' buckle and a much stronger product results. If desired the open edges of the flaps 2 and 3 may be still'further folded over to take the stitching through an increased number of plies thereby increasing the strength of the tape.

In Fig. 3 I have shown the tape folded as in Figs. 1, 2 and 7 but the stitching 7 eX- tends entirely around the outer the hook bases at 14.

In Fig. 4 I have shown how a zig zag stitch 15 may be used to sew the Haps together and extend around the hook bases.

In Fig. 5 I have shown how a selvage edge tape may be used without turning in the edge of the flap 2 to produce a finished edge, the line of stitching being like that shown in Fig. 3.

portion of In Fig. 6 I have shown how two strips of and sewing the parts together aredone automatically 1n a special sewin'gmachinethere is no manual handling of the separate parts. The use of expensive automatic riveting machinery isv eliminated and the use of expensive slitting machines is .obviaated, both of which were neceary' in makingfthe tapes of the prior art. v i

My'tape, thus produced, has no pockets for the hooks or eyes and from which they slide backwardly and'booome dis laced. As no rivets are used'the bases o the hookseyes cannot spread under side strains and pull o the rivets. As the bases are solidly sewed to the -stri they cannot buckle and pull olf :aider si e strains.4 As no slitting, of the fabric occurs there is no weakeningl from this cause. The sewed tape made according to my present invention is the stron estyet produced and can .be more cheap y produced `than any yet placed upon the market. v v

By the term fastening member in the claims I mean either the hook or the .eye member co-operating therewith.

Iclaimz- 1. .Hook or eye tape comprising two plies` of imperforate fabric forming flaps, wire tween the flaps.

tending beyond a.

fastening members provided with base loops, said base loops lying between the open edges of the iaps with'their engaging portions ex-- tending be ond a flap and a line of stitching extenv i them, said stitching includin stitches extendin transversely of said Ime and encircling t e wire of the base loops whereb the fastening members are 2. Hook or eye tape comprising two plies of imperforate fabric forming flaps, the

edge of each flap being' turned under. wire fastening members provided with base loops, said ybase loops lying between the o'pen edges of the flaps with t eir en aging portions ex- 4 a an a line of stitching extending alou t e vflapsl and passing them, said stitching including stitches extending tranBversely-of said line and encircling the wire of the base loops whereby the fastening members are securely In testimony whereof I have 'hereunto subscribed my signature.

DAVID SILBERMAN.

along the flaps and unitinglocked be v tween the flaps and their folded .under edges.-

securely locke be- .through the fo ded under edges 'uniting 

